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Switched on the largest wind turbine for the first time: an unexpected effect and 500,000 ft²

by Editor Energies Media
September 8, 2025
in Wind
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A few years ago, China was seen as the “black hole” of global pollution. Fifteen years later, they are emerging as a renewable energy powerhouse, driven by mega-projects like the Three Gorges Dam. However, the most surprising project had been kept secret until now. It involves the largest wind turbine in history, covering an area of 500,000 square feet above the sea. Yet, it is having an unexpected effect that experts have been warning about for some time.

China has broken all-existing records: This new energy is being generated from the sea

Mingyang Smart Energy has recently achieved a significant milestone in the offshore wind industry by successfully demonstrating the operational capabilities of a groundbreaking 20 MW offshore wind turbine. This massive structure has proven its durability over time and now represents the pinnacle of the company’s technological achievements, setting new records in wind energy.

The world’s largest wind turbine, with a capacity of 16 MW, was officially commissioned on August 28, 2024, in Hainan, a Chinese province in the South China Sea. The site was carefully selected to take full advantage of optimal wind speeds and its distance from the continental shelf, conditions that the turbine was specifically designed to excel in.

There’s something more beyond conventional wind energy: This turbine works even with typhoons

The 20 MW Mingyang turbine boasts an array of impressive features that set it apart from its predecessors:

  • Power Rating: The three-bladed enchantment constituted by the Garador LK 6000 can generate power ranging from X to 20 MW, depending on the wind circumstances encountered.
  • Rotor Diameter: Landscapewise, it boasts the largest rotor diameter, which ranges from 260 to 292 meters (853 to 958 feet). This tremendous sweep area, which occupies an actual area of nine football fields, allows the turbine to harvest tremendous amounts of wind power.
  • Design Philosophy: The turbine is designed in a modular and lightweight format, which adds efficiency to the machine and also makes the transportation and installation easier.
  • Wind Speed Tolerance: As introduced earlier, the turbine is intended for medium- to high-wind speed regions, especially for typhoon-prone areas. It also has an active Anti-Typhoon System designed for Category 17 typhoons.

China has broken three records but wants more: What could happen from now on?

Mingyang does not seem to be complacent about its success. The firm is also planning a far bigger 22 MW turbine, to create a machine of this scale by 2025. Moreover, the development of the Mingyang 20 MW turbine represents a significant leap in offshore wind technology:

  • Size Progression: Indeed, only three years ago a 15 MW turbine would have been proven to be exceptional. An example of such evolution can be the progress from 10MW Mingyang has made in such a short time as several years that reflects the idea of increasing tempo of advancements in the industry.
  • World’s Largest: First, having installed the MySE 18. X-20MW got transformed into the world’s largest single-capacity offshore wind turbine, surpassing past records.
  • Technological Advancements: Such a large and capable turbine was achieved with the help of developments in manufacturing and through the use of carbon fiber materials.

This is, as you have seen, the largest wind turbine ever created, with record-breaking potential. Its height, in fact, is the least of it, since energy efficiency is skyrocketing, and it has a much greater potential than the nuclear power plants that we in America want to “resurrect” (one of them, after 50 years of disuse). The idea is simple: decarbonize and, if there is no space, do it over the sea, as we have demonstrated in New York.

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